All book reports due the last school day of the month.

April Book Report Format:

List 4  jokes for the “Comedy Café from a joke book you found in the library. Make up a joke of your own.

 

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March Book Report Format:

Choose your favorite picture Book

 

Make 3 lists- Adjectives, Adverbs and Verbs. List every adjective, adverb and verb in the book in one of these categories.

 

Choose 5 of your favorite words from the list.  Choose the ones that you think make the book interesting.

 

List 3 words that convey emotion.

 

Re-write 3 examples of figurative language.

 

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Feb. Book Report Format:

Language usage

 

Write the definition of the term.  Find an example of each one of the following in a book you have at home (or from the library) and copy it here.  Then write one of your own. (1 point each)

 

1.  Alliteration definition __________________________________________________________________

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Examples

 

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Cliché __________________________________________________________________

 

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Personification __________________________________________________________________

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Simile __________________________________________________________________

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Metaphor __________________________________________________________________

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Onomatopoeia __________________________________________________________________

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Examples 

 

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Figurative language __________________________________________________________________

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January Book Report Format:

Book Name_________________________________________________________________

Chapter #________Chapter name________________________________________________

 

Topic ______________________________________________________________

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Topic sentence ______________________________________________________

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Chapter summary _____________________________________________________

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December Book Report

This will be an Oral Book Report, so please make sure you prepare at home. The report must be typed (3 points).  Fluency of presentation (2 points). There will be a 5 minute time limit on all reports.

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1.  Memorize a 16 line poem with 4 stanzas that someone else has written (16 points)

 

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Name of Poem________________________________________________

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Another poem by the same poet___________________________________ (4 points)

 

2.      Find and read 2 Haiku’s in the following format. (3 points)

 

3 lines with 5-7-5 syllables.

 

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Haiku #2 title__________________________________________________

 

3.      Write your own Haiku with a season theme in the same format (3 points)

 

 

4.  Illustrate any one of the Haikus above. The more concepts illustrated the higher the points (5 points)

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Novemeber Book Report Format: 

1.      Choose a Historical Fiction Novel. (1 point)

 

2.      You can use index cards, typed sheets or cardstock to do the following.

 

3.      First Sheet/card should contain (6 points)

 

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Author_________________________________________________________________________

Illustrator_______________________________________________________________________

Setting_________________________________________________________________________

Main Cahracter__________________________________________________________________

Other Characters_________________________________________________________________

 

4.      Second Sheet contains a typed summary of the plot. (3 points)

 

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5.      Main Problem in the story (3 points)

 

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7.    Your opinion of the book (2 points)

 

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October Book Report:

Name_______________________Date________________________# of pages________

 

Book Rating-  (check one) excellent_______very good________good_________poor_________

 

Type a short summary of the book (2 points) and attach it.  It can be any chapter book, in any genre.

 

Genre (check one) realistic fiction________fantasy_____historical fiction___________biography________legends________folk tales____________non-fiction___________

 

Include the following elements as appropriate (2 points each).

 

-plot

-problem

-main idea

-sequence (5 most important events)

-setting

-main characters

 

Give your opinion of the book with explanations to back it up (2 points).

 

Be ready to read your report, and practice at home (2 points).

 

Parent Signature (3 points)_____________________________________________